Scholarship Scheme (2018-2019)(awarded in the academic year 2019-2020)

Eligibility Criteria

1.1.

Academic Scholarship

All students who are enrolled at St. Paul's Convent School are eligible to receive
academic scholarships. No application is required.

1.2.

Non-academic Scholarship

Students who have excellent performance in non-academic areas are eligible to apply
for non-academic scholarships. Nominations from teachers-in-charge of functional / ECA teams are welcome.

Application Procedures

2.1.

Academic Scholarship

No application is needed for academic scholarship. The school scholarship team will
vet all students based on their academic performance to allocate scholarships.

2.2.

Non-academic Scholarship

2.2.1.

Teachers-in-charge of functional / ECA teams can nominate students to the school scholarship team by providing evidence on
students' outstanding achievement in various areas.

2.2.2.

Nominees have to submit their Student Portfolio including certificates, essays,
photographs and / or artifacts, reference letters or letter of recommendation to
the school scholarship team for assessment.

Method of Assessment

3.1.

Academic Scholarship

3.1.1.

For F.1 students

For P.6 promoted to F.1 students:
Scholarships are allocated based on their SPA rank and results in the Pre-secondary One Hong Kong Attainment Test.

The rules for allocating scholarships are summarized as below:

SPA rank:

Rank

Scholarship

1 - 30

75%

31 - 50

25%

Pre-Secondary One Hong Kong Attainment Test rank:

Rank

Scholarship

1 - 30

25%

31 - 50

10%

For students from SPCS primary section:

Scholarships are allocated mainly based on the students’ overall Form Rank in P.5 and P.6 examinations. Their performances in the Pre-Secondary One Hong Kong Attainment Test will also be taken into account.

The rules for allocating scholarships are summarized as below:

Overall Form Rank

Scholarship

1 - 15

75%

16 - 25

25%

Pre-Secondary One Hong Kong Attainment Test rank:

Rank

Scholarship

1 - 30

25%

31 - 50

10%

3.1.2.

For F.1 promoted to F.2 / F.2 promoted to F.3 students:

Scholarships are allocated based on students' class rank and form rank in the final examinations. The rules are summarized below:

Rank

Scholarship

Form Rank: 1 – 30

50%

Class Rank: 1 – 3

50%

3.1.3.

For F.3 promoted to F.4 / F.4 promoted to F.5 students:

Scholarships are calculated based on their scores of the best 6 subjects in the
final examinations. The rules are summarized below:

Top 20% of students taking a subject will be allocated with scholarship
points.

Points will be assigned to students with scholarship points which are
calculated as follows:

Scholarship Points =

Scholarship points for the best 6 subjects of a student will be calculated and
scholarships will be allocated to the top 50 students as follows:

Rank Order

Scholarship

1 – 6

FULL

7 – 21

50%

22 – 36

25%

37 – 50

10%

3.1.4.

For F.5 students taking the Diploma of Secondary Examination (DSE)
promoted to F.6.:

Students who pass ALL subjects are qualified for the scholarships which are calculated based on the score of their best 6 subjects (4 core subjects and 2 electives) in the Final Examinations. The rules on allocating scholarship points are the same as those stated in section 3.1.3.

Scholarships will be allocated to the top 20% of the DSE students as follows:

Rank Percentile (within the top 20%)

Scholarship

First 10%

FULL

Next 30%

50%

Next 30%

25%

Remaining 30%

10%

For F.5 students taking the IAL AS / GCE AS promoted to F.6.:

Students who pass ALL subjects are qualified for the scholarships which are calculated based on the score of their best 4 subjects in the final examinations. The rules on allocating scholarship points are the same as those stated in section 3.1.3.

Scholarships will be allocated to the top 20% of the IAL AS / GCE AS
students as follows:

Partial subsidies in a form of scholarship will also be issued to students representing the school for competitions abroad or for exchange programmes, study tours or
performances outside of Hong Kong.

Notification of results

The school scholarship team will issue offering letters of scholarship to the scholarship
holder's parents/ guardians who will fill in and return the letter of acceptance to school in
mid-September. Payment of scholarships will be made in two equal instalments in
November and March by direct credit to the parent's designated bank account.

Review of policies

The policies and rules will be reviewed from time to time by the school fee remission /
scholarship team and changes will be made after the approval from school authority with effect from the coming academic year 2019/2020.